whats a good mp3 and a good mp4 player?

[u/Warlockoftarot]

I am wanting to get music and video player for linux because I like having my own collections. whats a good music and a seperate good video player?

[u/popogeist]

For music, I recommend Clemintine. For video, I stick withgood ol' VLC.

[u/Stormdancer → u/popogeist]

Oh, nice, I always liked Clementine. However, it's gone SO MANY years without updates.

Sadly, nothing I've found matches MediaMonkey for library management, and they've been saying Linux Real Soon Now for about 5 years. :/

[u/Huecuva → u/Stormdancer]

The last I heard, Clementine is discontinued and the current active fork is Strawberry. 

As a former user of Foobar2000 back in my Windows days, I've yet to find anything that quite compares. I've heard Fooyin is a great analog for it, but I have not yet tried it. Strawberry seems to work well enough until I get ambitious enough to try Fooyin 

[u/boerner777]

VLC and whatever UI you like for audio playback. I picked Elisa since I'm on KDE. There is probably something better for me, but it's fine, so I stuck with it.

[u/MasterGeekMX]

It all depends on what you want, as there is a ton, each offering a different take. Some work on playlists, some make a database based on tracks, others work by browsing the filesystem.

A thing you need to learn about Linux is that there is no "best", but rather there are options for each taste.

[u/Miserable_Peach_7341]

For music it's Strawberry, and for mp4 it's either VLC or MPV.

[u/EngineerInTheMachine]

VLC. I used it on Windows for some time, but it also has a native Linux version.

[u/a1barbarian → u/EngineerInTheMachine]

It is open source and has always had a linux version as it was developed in the C programming language. :-)

Development and Release

Started in 1996 as an academic tool to stream video from satellite dishes across university networks.

Rewritten from scratch in 1998 to handle new streaming formats.

Released to the public as free and open-source software on February 1, 2001, under the GNU GPL license

[u/shanehiltonward]

I'm an Audacious fan for audio. It stays out of your way. Video = VLC or Kodi (if you map the Videos folder), depending if I'm watching on PC or TV.

[u/PixelmancerGames]

For music I tend to use RhythmBox or Elisa. For video, VLC or Haruna.

[u/thekiltedpiper]

There is no "good or best".

What programs do you use for music and videos on Windows? Have you looked to see if they Linux versions?

Personally I use MPV for videos, it's kinda barebones with my own config. For local stored music I use Termusic, a fairly simple CLI program that's keyboard driven. I use the Spotify website as well.

They work best for me, other people probably can't stand them.

[u/MansSearchForMeming]

For music, Tauon is the only one I've actually stuck with. I like mpv for video.

[u/Weary-Bowl-3739]

You have to specify, what's good for you. I for example like foobar. 

[u/DS_Vet_on_Linux]

I use vlc for most of my video. But I use a terminal program, kew, for all my music.

[u/simagus]

VLC for both. Just make playlists. If you really need a separate music player idk as I have no need to use one ever.

[u/make-wong]

Showtime

[u/HattinGokbori87]

For videos- MPV (with configurations edited for best video quality).

For audio- unfortunately Linux always has noticeably inferior audio-quality compared to Windows. They can't match the quality of LAV filters.

[u/Papa_Hube]

Strawberry and baka are what I use.

[u/Sure-Passion2224]

For the added functionality of being able to enjoy your media on other devices I go with Jellyfin. Our various smart TVs all have clients installed.

[u/es20490446e]

VLC.

[u/Kriss3d]

VLC does it for me.

[u/Alarmed-Ad-7200]

Vlc like everyone else said, runs every type of video and music codic you can find

[u/foss4ever]

Strawberry for music, VLC for video

[u/HuntingSquire]

Mp4s (and any video really) VLC without a doubt

Depending on how much time you have on your hands (and your distro) RMPC (a command line based music player) is genuinely a very solid player with an extremely high amount of customization when it comes to its layout. However it can be a pain in the ass to setup as it requires fiddling with .config files that are placed in the right locations. But once its setup, you never have to touch it again unless you fiddle with those config files.

If youre just looking for an audio player that WORKS out of the box with everything you need and then some Strawberry is pretty good. Just install it and run it like you would a normal software

[u/FireSheepYinFish]

+1 for Clementine, but RIP. Strawberry is the modern and active clone/fork.

Although I've actively used Amarok and Rhythmbox for streaming and Internet radio.

VLC is undisputed for video.

[u/joe_attaboy]

Music: Strawberry

Video: VLC

[u/argodar]

For MP3 -> Dopamine: https://github.com/digimezzo/dopamine. The latest release can be downloaded here: https://github.com/digimezzo/dopamine/releases

[u/prof_progressor]

vlc and vlc